SMART Recovery - Addiction Recovery Support

Provided by SMART Recovery

Addiction recovery support groups to help people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviours including drug abuse, gambling addiction, prescription drugs, sexual addiction, and alcohol abuse. Groups are available in communities throughout BC or online.
Programs include:
The 4-Point Program: SMART Recovery’s 4-Point Program is the organization’s flagship secular program serving those with addictive behaviours, including both substance and activity/process addictions. Trained volunteer facilitators lead effective mutual support group discussions on these topics.

The SMART Recovery 4-Point Program offers tools and techniques for each program point:
  1. Building and Maintaining Motivation
  2. Coping with Urges
  3. Managing Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors
  4. Living a Balanced Life

    Click here to find a free SMART 4-Point Meeting.

SMART Recovery Family & Friends: SMART Recovery Family & Friends is a secular mutual support program for family and friends of individuals with addictive behaviours. The program is based on the tools of SMART Recovery and Community Reinforcement Approach & Family Training (CRAFT). Studies have shown that CRAFT results in a significantly higher rate of treatment entry for Loved Ones than Al-Anon or Johnson Intervention. At meetings, trained volunteer facilitators address specific issues encountered by family and friends of those with addictive behaviours. Tools consistent with evidence-based motivational and cognitive behavioural theories are also offered and discussed.
Click here to search for a meeting near you.

Military, Veterans & First Responders: SMART meetings specifically for Military, Veterans and First Responders. These focused meetings help people and their families to work through the powerful anxieties which can lead to unhealthy coping behaviours, including self-medication with alcohol or drugs or engaging in risky behaviours that can compound problems.
Click here to find a SMART Military, Veterans & First Responders Meeting.

Youth & Teens: SMART meetings specifically for teenagers, targeted at supporting youth through their transition to adulthood. The program aims to address problematic behaviour, helps build self-esteem, and encourages participants to take responsibility, make decisions and come up with their own solutions.
Click here to find a SMART Military, Veterans & First Responders Meeting.

SMART Recovery also offers a variety of resources to support individuals in their journey to overcome addiction. These include Handbooks, Toolkits, Mobile App, Blog, Videos and Podcasts.

Location finder: https://smartrecovery.org/

Service is available in English.

Cost: No cost

Availability

Service area: Province-wide

The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.

Pathways does not provide medical advice. If you have an emergency please call 9-1-1. If you require assistance navigating services please call 8-1-1.

For general inquiries or for assistance, please email us:

community-services@pathwaysbc.ca

If you are requesting clinical access to medical Pathways, please provide the following information via the email above:

  1. First Name
  2. Last Name
  3. Email
  4. In which city/town do you work?
  5. What is your role? E.g. Family Physician, Office Staff, Medical Resident
  6. Employer Name (for office staff)
  7. Office Phone

Click anywhere to close